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Phantom Blade Zero News
2025
December 18
⚫︎ Phantom Blade Zero director Soulframe Liang plans to follow advice from the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 team to cut things
and focus on polishing the core experience during the final months of development. This strategy aims to ensure the high-budget kung fu action RPG, set for a September 2026 release, maintains a tight and well-crafted quality.
December 17
⚫︎ Phantom Blade Zero will be a console exclusive for the PlayStation 5 for at least 12 months after its September 9, 2026, release, meaning it will not be available on Xbox or Nintendo consoles during that period. The action RPG from developer S-Game, however, will be simultaneously released on PC alongside the PS5 version.
December 11
⚫︎ Phantom Blade Zero revealed its release date at The Game Awards 2025. The game is set to launch on September 9, 2026 for PC and PS5 platforms.
December 8
⚫︎ Phantom Blade Zero is set to reveal its release date on TGA 2025. Alongside the announcement, TGA unveiled a short teaser of the game, featuring the Lion Dancer boss.
July 28
⚫︎ NVIDIA unveiled new gameplay footage of the upcoming RPG from S-Game, Phantom Blade Zero. The video highlighted the game's visual brilliance, and confirmed that it will launch with ray tracing and DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation.
July 28
⚫︎ S-Game recently showcased 22 minutes of new gameplay for its upcoming hack-and-slash action RPG, Phantom Blade Zero, which is currently in development for PS5 and PC. The new footage highlights protagonist Soul's combat abilities, a variety of weapons, and several boss fights.
Notable weapons include "Seamless Death," a pair of bladed rings that can be used as homing projectiles. Players also got a look at new bosses like Wan Jun "Coppermaul," who wields a giant mace, and Red Wraith, a highly agile opponent.
June 26
⚫︎ Phantom Blade Zero Director Soulframe reiterated that the game is not a Soulslike, but rather a whole new genre he coined as "Wuxia Action." Moreover, he specified the three difficulty options the game will offer, furter distinguishing it from Soulslike games.
June 24
⚫︎ Phantom Blade Zero developer and publisher S-GAME invites players and creators from all around the world to join the game's exclusive hands-on demo on their S-PARTY event in Beijing, China on July 26-27, 2025.
April 21
⚫︎ One Phantom Blade Zero developer received feedback that the game wasn’t difficult enough, and therefore they developed a hardcore difficulty mode that completely changes the enemy AI that makes them act like they’re being controlled by another player.
April 18
⚫︎ Phantom Blade Zero takes huge inspiration from FromSoft’s Souls game for its exploration mechanics, while it is heavily influenced by Resident Evil for its vibes such as aesthetic and ambience.
⚫︎ Though they take inspiration from past Souls games, Phantom Blade Zero devs are adamant that the game is not a soulslike, and instead wants to invoke the golde age of the PS1 and PS2 through combat inspired by Kung Fu movies.
March 26
⚫︎ Soulframe, the developer of Phantom Blade Zero, recognizes the pressure of Chinese-made games to be of the highest quality due to the massive success of Black Myth: Wukong, but in addition points out how now everyone sees the potential of Chinese games to sell well over 30 million copies.
